[accidental video]

[pencilpremonition]

[Not long after the assembly...]

[Becca has a PDA with video function now, but she's had that for a little bit. That's not the important thing. She tosses it onto her bed and it turns on accidentally. She sits down with a memory charm, which she puts on eagerly. Almost immediately, her eyes go wide, and she tips over onto the bed, drawing her knees to her chest. She cries out in fear and remembered pain, shuddering horribly as tears fall from her eyes.]

[WARNING: Becca just got back a memory involving a physically abusive childhood. While she won't dump this on just anyone who responds, there is a good chance it might come up at least in passing. PLEASE indicate your limits when responding so I can keep her responses within your comfort zone. I can keep threads completely trigger free if that's what you would like, but please tell me what you need. Please exercise caution when reading comment threads to this entry as there may be triggering content in the individual threads.]

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[Action]

[frozenmemories]

[She continues stroking Becca's hair, listening to her.]

Why? What made you the strongest where you are from?

[action]

[pencilpremonition]

I had to...to let her hurt me...to keep him safe... It hurt so much...

[Action]

[frozenmemories]

[She stops for a moment, getting upset to hear that someone hurt Becca...on Purpose! She closes her eyes for a moment, starting to stroke her hair again.]

Becca...Why would they do that?

[She didn't understand and probably wouldn't, but she wanted to understand.]

[action]

[pencilpremonition]

[she chokes up and sobs harder at the question]

Because she's evil...alcohol's evil...

[action]

[savedbyasong]

[He wraps his arms around her, worried for her.] What happened Becca?

[audio]

[greenspaces]

But that doesn't mean you're okay. [ She's not very good at this, but... ] I know we don't know each other very well, but...do you want to talk about it? Or I could tell you a story?

[audio]

[pencilpremonition]

A...story sounds really good...

[action]

[pencilpremonition]

That memory charm...

[audio]

[greenspaces]

Okay. Do you like princesses? And fairy tales?

[action]

[savedbyasong]

[The memory charm he had got for her, using the money John had given her... What had she remembered...] Do you want to talk about it?

[action]

[pencilpremonition]

You...remember the scars I've got...

[audio]

[pencilpremonition]

S-sure. I know a lot of those...

Do you want to come over?

[action]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion nodded leading her over to the bed so they could sit down. He remembered, he remembered them hurting Becca after the fight they had had.]

[action]

[pencilpremonition]

I remember how I got them...

[She settles on the bed and practically crawls into his lap.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex is knocking at her door in practically no time at all.] Becca? B-Becca?

[pencilpremonition]

C-come in...

[She's choked up with tears, but at least her voice is strong.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex lets himself in, heading to Becca's side and kneeling next to her.]

... D-do you w-wanna talk about it?

[pencilpremonition]

I...remember...my scars...

[She pants heavily and closes her eyes, starting to sob.]

Oh god I've even showed them to people...everybody knows...

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex frowns swallowing a bit. He indicates the sweatshirt he wears over his school uniform, tugging the sleeve.] I've a-always used this to hide mine... w-would it m-make you feel b-better if I took it off? Th-then you wouldn't be the o-only one at least.

[pencilpremonition]

[She shudders, shaking her head and sobbing harder.]

That's so sweet that's the sweetest thing anybody's ever said to me but no I know how much it hurts now you don't have to do that....

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex stops a moment, but then takes off his sweatshirt, revealing countless scars and burns up and down his arms. The scars on his neck were more obvious without the sweatshirt covering the back of his neck.

He takes his sweatshirt and puts it on her shoulders, pulling it close around her.]

[pencilpremonition]

[She cuddles into it for a few moments, then shifts to reach out to him instead. She doesn't just grab, but she does make it quite clear she wants a hug.]

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

[Alex is really hesitant but then smiles a bit and puts his arms around her, petting her hair a bit.] I-it's okay, Becca.

[pencilpremonition]

[She snuggles into him, calming down a bit for having someone to hold onto.]

I...I'm remembering every single mark...at the same time...it hurts so much... I can't wait till it settles down and goes back to being a memory in the back of my head instead of running around like crazy like this....

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Think of something else... s-something nice, w-warm. S-something good from when you w-were young. I think about... I ... oh, when f-father would play catch with me! [That wasn't it. He knew that wasn't it. His father wouldn't ever go a whole afternoon without at least insulting him, but he couldn't remember what he thought of.]